neuroimaging
noun
neu·ro·im·ag·ing
ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈi-mə-jiŋ 
: a clinical specialty concerned with producing images of the brain by noninvasive techniques (such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging)
also
: imaging of the brain by these techniques
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Such tests aren’t routinely performed on people in an unresponsive state because this type of neuroimaging is time-consuming and its operation requires specialized skills.
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Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025
Perhaps most astounding is how youthful their brains appeared in both neuroimaging and neuropathology tests.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 27 Aug. 2025
For a typical listener, neuroimaging showed enhanced activity in regions such as the nucleus accumbens, part of the brain’s reward machinery, on hearing pleasant music.
—Jay Kakade
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Under the direction of Professor Gerhard Gründer, head of the department of molecular neuroimaging at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), individual patients in Mannheim and Berlin will be able to receive the drug in justified exceptional cases.
—Sarah Sinclair, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025
Perhaps most astounding is how youthful their brains appeared in both neuroimaging and neuropathology tests.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 27 Aug. 2025
For a typical listener, neuroimaging showed enhanced activity in regions such as the nucleus accumbens, part of the brain’s reward machinery, on hearing pleasant music.
—Jay Kakade
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Under the direction of Professor Gerhard Gründer, head of the department of molecular neuroimaging at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH), individual patients in Mannheim and Berlin will be able to receive the drug in justified exceptional cases.
—Sarah Sinclair, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Neuroimaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neuroimaging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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neuroimaging
noun
neu·ro·im·ag·ing
ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈim-ə-jiŋ
: a clinical specialty concerned with producing images of the brain by noninvasive techniques (as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron-emission tomography)
also
: imaging of the brain by these techniques
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